DHS Portrays Border Patrol As Christian Nationalist Agents Of God

You don’t need to know scripture to get the Christian nationalist message in a recent Border Patrol recruitment video. It begins with a shot of an open Bible and a voiceover quoting Isaiah 6:8, saying, “I heard the voice of the Lord saying… and I said, ‘Here am I. Send me.’”

“God doesn’t ask for the most polished, or the most powerful,” the voiceover continues. “He asks for the willing … and ready to move where he leads. It’s a choice to face the unknown and to trust that God will equip...